From rain to snow this weekend, a big temperature drop, then heavy lake effect snow

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Our next weather system is moving into CNY today with a cold front that will bring widespread rain/snow and a big temperature change this weekend. Milder than normal today, then quite cold tomorrow and staying breezy.

Here’s a zoomed in view of our Triple Doppler Radar as of 10am this morning. Notice the lower elevations are seeing light rain but the higher elevations wet snow.

Here’s the timing of the cold front with our Futurecast for Saturday:

Here’s how much snow we will get today, up until 10pm tonight:

We are watching a second weather system for Sunday that will bring widespread light snow to CNY on the edge of this system. Here’s the timing with our Futurecast:

Here’s how much snow is expected on Sunday from noon to midnight:

We are also looking ahead to the potential for heavy lake effect snow. Winter Storm Watches are in place for Oswego, Lewis, and Jefferson counties where feet of snowfall accumulation is possible.

Here’s the timing of the lake effect snow by location from Monday through Wednesday:

Here’s how much snow could potentially fall from sunrise Monday to sunrise Wednesday:

Plus, the weather will get much colder this week along with the lake effect snow which may cause icy road conditions. Here’s our latest 7 day forecast for the exact numbers:

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